Pizza Dough and Sauce

By Marg (CaymanDesigns) on September 13, 1999

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133 Reviews

Photo by CandyTX

Prep Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 40 mins

Servings: 16

Photo by CandyTX

About This Recipe

"I make the dough with 1/2 white and 1/2 wheat flour. It gives the crust more substance and a better flavor. Even my kids and their cousins prefer it this way. I like using olive oil in both the crust and the sauce.
Since we only eat one pizza for a meal, I have included two methods for freezing the second one, or you can freeze both for OAMC. NOTE: prep time does NOT include rise time."

Ingredients

Pizza Dough

3/4 tablespoon
yeast

1 1/2 cups
warm water

1 1/2 teaspoons
salt

3 tablespoons
oil

4 cups
flour
( we prefer half white, half wheat)

Pizza Sauce

1 (6 ounce) cans
tomato paste

1/2 cup red wine or 1/2 cup
water

1 teaspoon
oregano

1 teaspoon
salt

1 tablespoon
sugar

1 tablespoon vegetable oil or 1 tablespoon
olive oil

1 -2 tablespoon
parmesan cheese

Directions

In a large bowl, sprinkle yeast over warm water (I add a pinch of sugar) and allow to set until it begins to foam, about 5 minutes.

Knead 8-10 minutes or until smooth and elastic. Place in greased bowl and let rise until double (1/2-1 hour) Punch down and let rise again until double. Punch down and divide. Pat out on two pizza pans.

Top with pizza sauce & toppings. Bake at 400 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

Pizza Sauce: Mix all ingredients together, blending well. (You can also add a few sprinkles of garlic powder if you want).

Makes enough for two 12- or14-inch pizzas or one thick 16-inch pizza.

Top with meats, cheese and other toppings.

To freeze, prepared pizza method: double wrap and freeze the prepared pizza (without baking it) on the pizza pan. Unwrap and bake the frozen pizza at 400Â°F for about 22 minutes.

Alternative freezing method: after first punch down of dough, divide dough and place in a zip-loc bag and place in the freezer. To prepare, remove from freezer and place in a greased bowl. The dough will take about 8-10 hours to thaw and raise slightly. Pat out on grease pizza pan and proceed as directed above. I also freeze half the sauce in a small container for future use.